lurk
/lɝk/ verb C1- To remain concealed in order to ambush.
- To remain unobserved.
- To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
- To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
He/she/it lurks · Past lurked · Past participle lurked · -ing form lurking
Verb forms
- Base form
- lurk
- He/she/it
- lurks
- Past
- lurked
- Past participle
- lurked
- -ing form
- lurking
From the library
“You are quite sure that not a lurking doubt or suspicion lingers in your mind?”
Of course I have other reasons for thinking so—dozens of exiguous threads which lead vaguely up towards the centre of the web where the poisonous, motionless creature is lurking.
Presumably he at once concealed his cycle among the laurels where it was found, and possibly lurked there himself, with his eye on the house, waiting for Mr.
There still remained some lurking suspicion in my mind, however, that the whole thing was a pre-arranged episode, intended to dazzle me, though what earthly object he could have in taking me in was past my comprehension.
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